![]() Ramakrishna Iyer, another fervent follower of Lord Vittal, of North Ramalinga Agraharam, worked shoulder to shoulder with Lakshmana Iyer in conducting the annual Aradhana fest. Of the many devotees who attended the Aradhana at the mutt, Shri. A portrait of Lord Radhakrishna with His consorts Sathyabama and Rukmini adorns the mutt though no puja or food was offered then. The mutt is abutted by a peepal tree and a temple of Lord Ganapathy named Mangala Vinayakar temple. This matam (mutt) had played a major role in the birth of MRK. Lakshmana Iyer every year at the Senthangudi Japa Matam (a hall for chanting or meditation) located on the northern banks of the river Kaveri, very close to Thula Kattam. One such festival, Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana, has been taking place through the 1940s and early 50s with the profound efforts of an ardent devotee of Lord Pandurangan (Vittal), Shri. Mayuram, as it is popularly known, has been hosting many religious annual and seasonal festivals. Since ancient times, this town has been in the heart of culturally and economically rich activities. Mayiladuthurai is a town in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India located on the banks of river Kaveri (Cauvery). The origin of the Mayuram Radha Kalyanam (MRK) with Annadhanam has an interesting mystical trace. Radha Kalyana Mahotsavam helps this Supreme Truth of reunion of jeevatma with Paramatma reach people of all walks of life. According to the great saint Adi Shankara, who propounded the Advaita, jeevatma is nothing but a creation of Paramatma and is destined to reunite with Paramatma. Radha Kalyanam is a way of presenting the most potent concept of Advaita philosophy to the common man for the benefit of whole humanity. Many of us wonder why we, ordinary mortals, conduct the divine union of gods. An important component of this structured bhajan is the singing of Jeyadevar’s Geetha Govindam. As the name suggests, it is an orderly collection of renditions followed in Radha Kalyanam, especially in south India. The namasankeerthanam follows the structured form of Dakshina Bharatha Sampradaya bhajan (south Indian religious system of singing devotional songs). Namasankeerthanam is the highest form of devotion in Kaliyugam (for a related interesting story click here). ![]() Sri Radha Kalyana Mahotsavam follows the path of namasankeerthanam to help practitioners attain moksha (immortality or liberation from birth and death cycles). ![]()
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